Is Coachella Over Priced?

Does anyone else think Coachella (with all its sponsors pitching in too) is charging too much? Three day pass for 249. That's a lot of money, plus if you want to camp it's another $45 a day, and you can't even hardly bring anything with you. And the hotels in the area, even the run-down, are not less than 180 a night during those three days.

But, the line up is amazing and being with all those people can be quite an experience as well. I think they jam-pack too many artists into the available time slots, but there all almost great and bands that I reguarily blog about at

I'll be writing a series of stories over the next few weeks about the festival and the arists appearing.

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Well, I think it's totally over priced. The bands that'll come are amazing! But I think hotels, motels and offsite camps are pulling way too much money out of our pockets. 180 per night, it's sick! But I guess that's the way it is.. It'll be my first time on Coachella.. and well, has it always been that expensive?

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Yes, a little, but it will be worth it. Don't stay in a hotel that's what will eat your money up. It is way more fun to camp onsite, it really completes the experience. It's not really $3 a band, because there is no possible way to see them all. But you have many quality choices and it will only end up being like $10 a band, not bad. Water on the other hand is a rip. There is absolutely no reason not to let a factory sealed bottle in other than greed.

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Originally Posted by Mystagogue

I keep hearing that from a few different people. Any actual confirmation that the water thing isn't a Goldenvoice rule?

Actually, the more I hear about it the more it makes sense. I don't think of any of the concerts I've attended the concert promoter had any control of the concession stands. They just rent the venue for stage and audience space (in addition to the other things of that job).

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I really dont feel that the tickets are that overpriced. For what you get for the cost I feel it is reasonable. Not saying that $250 is cheap but I treat this as my yearly vacation. Any of my money that doesnt get spent on school gets saved for coachella.

"Screw the boys, I wanna stay here with my new family and their feel good candy..."

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Sorry, but I just don't understand how people can say Coachella tickets are overpriced. $250 for three days of amazing bands? Just the three headlining acts alone would cost you around $200 each. Does Goldenvoice bring in a lot of money? Yeah, of course. That's the point of a business venture. I'd even say $300 for a three-day pass would be a good deal. And if you've never been before, I whole-heartedly assure you it's worth it.

As for the hotels prices, that has nothing to do wth Goldenvoice (which I would imagine everyone is smart enough to figure out). Every hotel in the world has higher prices during peak times. Coachella takes place on the weekend in a resort town (Palm Springs) in southern California and brings in about 50,000+ people for the weekend. It's simple supply and demand. We're lucky the hotel prices aren't higher than they are. It actually wasn't until last year that the hotels seemed to catch on and really jack the prices up accordingly. There's still plenty of good deals, though. You just need to book early...as in about 6 months early. We slacked this year and didn't book until this week. The two previous years we booked in October, a half year in advance.

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i dont think the festival is overpriced (glastonbury in UK costs about the same - however it IS the best festival in the world hahahah) - sorry I'm biased heheh. I may not think so after my first coachella :S

BUT.. i think the convenience charges that ticketmaster are freaking thrifting us of every penny we have! 30bucks for them to PRINT our ticketS?? please

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Coachella is not overpriced. Compare it to other festivals and you'll be shocked.
as others have pointed out, the $45 for camping is for FOUR days not each day, idiots.
For the festival itself...let's see you would be paying at least $60 per person to see Rage anywhere else, same with RHCP and Bjork. You get tons of bands, a great atmosphere and reasonably priced food and drinks. $2 per bottle of water is cheaper than what you will be paying on the airplane. Most restraunts charge at least $3 per bottle and McDonalds charges $1.50. The food is good and you can get a meal for under $8 easily. I don't eat much, but spend $25 max on food for the three days.
Most bands on the lineup charge over $25 just to see them at some shitty club with $9 beers.

Oh and I don't even like the headliners and it's still worth it. You go for the atmosphere and the great music. You do realize that your "beloved" Rage(fucking suck) get paid $1.5 million per person just to perform.